Bury North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bury North Borough constituency
Bury North shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	David Chaytor
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Bury North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency of Bury North covers the towns of Ramsbottom, Tottington and Bury.

Following the 2000 Boundary Review, the local government ward of Unsworth is transferred from Bury North to Bury South. No other changes are suggested. A traditional Labour-Conservative marginal, Ramsbottom and Tottington are mostly Tory, whereas the town of Bury itself is generally more favourable to Labour, but not always overwhelmingly so.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• David Chaytor, Labour (1997 - present)
• Alistair Burt, Conservative (1983 - 1997)

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chaytor	19,130	43.0	−8.2
	Conservative	David Nuttall	16,204	36.5	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wilf Davison	6,514	14.7	+2.5
	British National	Stewart Clough	1,790	4.0
	UK Independence	Philip Silver	476	1.1
	Socialist Labour	Ryan O'Neill	172	0.4
	Veritas	Ian Upton	153	0.3
Majority			2,926	6.6	−8.0
Turnout			44,439	61.5	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

General Election 2001: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chaytor	22,945	51.2	−0.6
	Conservative	John Walsh	16,413	36.6	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hackley	5,430	12.1	+3.9
Majority			6,532	14.6	+0.3
Turnout			44,788	63.0	−14.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chaytor	28,523	51.8	+10.2
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	20,657	37.5	−12.1
	Liberal Democrats	N. A. Kenyon	4,536	8.2	−0.3
	Referendum Party	R. S. Hallewell	1,337	2.4
Majority			7,866	14.3
Turnout			55,053	77.8	−6.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.2

General Election 1992: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	29,266	49.7	−0.4
	Labour	Jim Dobbin	24,502	41.6	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	C. F. L. McGrath	5,010	8.5	−3.6
	Natural Law	M. S. Sullivan	163	0.3
Majority			4,764	8.1	−4.2
Turnout			58,941	84.8	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.1

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	28,097	50.1	+4.6
	Labour	D. A. Crausby	21,186	37.8	−2.4
	Liberal	D. Vasmer	6,804	12.1	−2.2
Majority			6,911	12.3	+7.0
Turnout			56,087	82.5	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

General Election 1983: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	23,923	45.5
	Labour	F. R. White	21,131	40.2
	Liberal	Mrs. E. M. Wilson	7,550	14.4
Majority			2,792	5.3
Turnout			52,604	79.6

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
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